What can be done about neighbors on voucher program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you contacted the landlord?

Yes he says he has tried to get them out of the house but his hands are tied with the program

Well that’s BS. Section 8 tenants can be evicted like anyone else for good cause, including illegal activities. Landlord is just addicted to that easy money. Maybe talk to your ANC rep to see if pressure can be put on the LL. Or talk to a lawyer and see if you can take the LL to court.

It’s virtually impossible to evict tenants in DC. There are periodically news stories about long standing trouble section 8 houses

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you contacted the landlord?

Yes he says he has tried to get them out of the house but his hands are tied with the program

Well that’s BS. Section 8 tenants can be evicted like anyone else for good cause, including illegal activities. Landlord is just addicted to that easy money. Maybe talk to your ANC rep to see if pressure can be put on the LL. Or talk to a lawyer and see if you can take the LL to court.

It’s virtually impossible to evict tenants in DC. There are periodically news stories about long standing trouble section 8 houses

It depends on the tenants. Some will pack up and quietly go because they don’t want the drama. Some will drag out the process until the Marshalls are called.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move.

Where should OP move to?

Somewhere better.

[Anonymous]

This post make me smile. I own more than half a dozen row houses in nw dc (20009). I rent to groups of young people. The mortgages are paid off. The income I receive is extraneous to my life now (after decades of work). From time to time, I was getting emails from neighbors unhappy with a late night part or bc there were some beer bottles scattered on a stoop when they walked by Sunday am from night before. I used to be apologetic and call tenants and tell them to cool their jets. The last several years, I tell the neighbors, if you ever contact me again about a party or beer cans, I will get rid of the current tenants and install the most violent section 8 tenants I can find - it’s makes 0 difference to me. These days, I’ll prob make more with section 8. You choose. I never hear from neighbors anymore 😃

[Anonymous]

I love how the dcum white communists think the post must be from a troll 😀😀😀😀 They haven’t had the great prıvılege of lıvıng next to section 8. They can’t belıeve these things are possibly true. 😀😀

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here — this post isn’t fake. We have spoken to ANC, spoken to police. The last call that was made to them they said they couldn’t find the bullet casings and left. As a neighborhood we are trying our best to figure this out. How can we sue? And what’s is DOB & DPW??

Maybe you heard a backfiring car or fireworks. It is the time of year for fireworks.

[Anonymous]

https://dob.dc.gov/

https://dpw.dc.gov/

[Anonymous]

And good luck with that, OP. DC could not care less about Section 8 tenants behaving badly. That’s just part of city living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it just a voucher tenant or actual section 8? We were able to get the landlord to kick out a voucher tenant on our block by constantly reporting the problems to the landlord. Pictures and videos were hard to brush off. The landlord turned it into an Airbnb. Never thought we’d be happy about that but we were. Actual section 8 is locked in and won’t change. Moving is your best option. It sucks.

The program formerly known as section 8 is now known as the Housing Voucher Program. They are the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, this is fake.

I've dealt with a similar situation, and once guns are in play, things happen. There is no way there are "random gunshots" and the city isn't taking action.

For anyone reading this who is dealing with a real problem neighbor in DC, here's what I did:

Called the police for every legal violation. Of course they rarely actually showed up, and when they did show up, they did nothing, BUT it creates a record.
Made reports of specific issues to DOB and DPW: Improper trash disposal (piled up in the backyard), rat infestations, overgrown lawn and treebox, unpermitted electrical work, illegal rooming house, rental without a business license. Every time, I explicitly requested an inspection, which they are required to do. Once an inspector comes out, the fines start rolling in.
Copied my councilmember on everything, and maintained a steady correspondence throughout. He was of course inclined to foist me off one some bored constituent services staffer, but I made myself un-ignorable.

It took six months. Once the fines got steep enough, the slumlord owner sold, a flipper bought it, and it became another generic grey family home. The new owners are lovely.

This post isn’t fake. We don’t know the proper channels and that is what I was asking. What is DOB and DPW??

Department of Buildings and Department of Public Works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why wasn't your subject:

What can be done about neighbors who engage in illegal activities, shoot gun throughout the night, and don't keep up the property?

Why are you focusing on how they pay their rent?

+1

This was my first thought too as I read your post (and title too!!)

Why do you have to categorize them as Section 8/voucher recipients??
How is this relative to the havoc that they are causing in your neighborhood??

Are Section 8 recipients a monolith now or what? 🤔

Read the whole thread.

[Anonymous]

Op, Call DCHA for the inspection check and also animal protective services if they have pet. Put pressure on owner and he will kick them out.

[Anonymous]

Voucher program has to be more strict with tenants. A buddy of mine sued the program for city’s negligence and won a big lawsuit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move.

Where should OP move to?

Preposition Street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This post make me smile. I own more than half a dozen row houses in nw dc (20009). I rent to groups of young people. The mortgages are paid off. The income I receive is extraneous to my life now (after decades of work). From time to time, I was getting emails from neighbors unhappy with a late night part or bc there were some beer bottles scattered on a stoop when they walked by Sunday am from night before. I used to be apologetic and call tenants and tell them to cool their jets. The last several years, I tell the neighbors, if you ever contact me again about a party or beer cans, I will get rid of the current tenants and install the most violent section 8 tenants I can find - it’s makes 0 difference to me. These days, I’ll prob make more with section 8. You choose. I never hear from neighbors anymore 😃

The eagle shats once a month on rent payment made by the government. I never hassle the tenants for the rest of the money because the government is overpaying for its share of the rent. If the tenants complain about anything I tell them they have to start paying their share of the rent or out they go. They mumble and grumble but don't bother me.